Wood Barn

We needed to finalise the layout of the cabinets and work out where the electric sockets would be housed. Being a working office we needed access to power for laptops, chargers and printers on the top, not just on the walls.

Our slab of oak at the mill being prepped for delivery

With the plan set, we cut the massive oak work top to final size and I proceeded to prep it for final installation. The mill had finished the surface to a fairly good standard but I gave it a final all over sand before coating it with Osmo Wood Protector. I then gave it four coats of Osmo Top Oil on all sides.

Then came the tricky part, cutting out the holes to house the two double sockets. Luckily, I had Patrick on hand to mostly do this for me. His expertise and skill was evident to see and although I’m sure I could have completed the task, there’s no way I’d have done it so neatly and precisely. He even routed a channel underneath for the cable so it sat snugly out of view. It’s a scary thing to do as essentially you’re hacking into an expensive piece of oak and any slip of the jigsaw could prove costly!

With that done, the fitting on top of the cabinets was really straightforward. Wiring up the electrics less so and best left to experts!

So we now had cabinets and a worktop in situ. Now the cabinets needed sides and the shelf unit needed to be built! Easy…